Smart Car Technology

November 11, 2018 - 0 Comments

Smart Car TechnologyAnswer A :The TravTek navigationsystem is installed in 100 Oldsmobile Toronados, thevisual part of the system is a computer monitor. Through detailed colour maps,it leads the driver through the town. The map changes all the time, cause acomputer connected to a navigation-satellite, and with a magnetic compassinstalled, calculates the fastest or easiest way to your destination. Whenyellow circles appear in a particular place on the screen, it means that thereis traffic jam here, or there has been an accident on the spot. The computerreceives this information from the Traffic Management Centre, and it quicklypoints an alternative route out.

b: The driver interact with the system through the so called “touch screen”.

7000 buisnesses in the area are already listed in the computer, and you canpoint out your destination by searching through a lot of menus until you find it,or simply by typing the name of the street. when the place you want to go areregistered you push the make destination button, and the computer programmes aroute, the second after the route appears on the screen, while a voice explainsit to you through the loudspeaker.

c: The TravTek guides the driver through the traffic. The computer always knowswhere you are, and the navigation system makes it impossible to get lost in thetraffic, unless you really want to, and deliberately make the wrong turns. Italso guides you past traffic jams and problems who might crop up around anaccident. In a town where you have never been, you will quickly be able to findyour way to hotels, restaurants, sports arenas, shops and much more, just bylooking through the various menus of the TravTek.

d: The text definitely prefers the accuracy of the computer to the insecurityand misunderstandings who occur between two persons. The passage from line 54and down clearly shows the point of view (quote): “…a guy on the gas stationwho, asked for directions, drawls: “Bee Line Expressway? Ummmm. I think you goup here about four miles and take a right, or maybe a left…”” The guy at thegas station are described as the incompetent fool who actually have no ideawhere he is himself… and his guidelines, insecure as they are already, willprobably also be very hard to remember because of Ummmm, I think, maybe andor…

Answer B:Japanese drivers can now find their way almost blindly, if they equip their carswith a digital map, who shows the position of the car. Based on the position ofsatellites, the position of the car is calculated by a small computer in thereceiver. The receiving set in the car is attached to a screen on the dashboard.

The screen can show a map of the entire Japan. The maps are delivered on fourlaserdiscs, each showing a part of Japan. All road maps are in colours, and theydo not only show the network of roads. Restaurants and hotels are plot in aswell. A small shining dot shows the cars position on the map.

Answer C: EssaySmart-car Technology In DenmarkThe smart-car system is developed in USA and Japan. The system makes it almostimpossible to get lost, when you are travelling by car . One big question forcountries all over the rest of the world are: Will this kind of technology matchour needs too? Are we able to use this in action. It sounds great, but will itgive enough advantages compared to the price, and compared to otherpossibilities of solving our traffical problems. This question will of coursealso arise in Denmark. And what can this technology offer to improve in ourtraffical situation. In America and Japan it is made to take care of:Problems which appear when people have to find their way.

Traffic jams, by leading the cars on alternative routes Problems which appear inconnection with accidentsThe three problems are very big in these large countries. In the big cities witha population of several millions, it s very easy to get lost, also if you havelived there for a long time. The city itself and the complicated network ofroads changes all the time, new buildings sprout up every day. The system whocan keep up with this development, is clearly an advantage. But what aboutDenmark?The road network in Denmark can not be compared to the American freeways at all.

Even I would be able to find my way from town to town, cause there are usuallynot so many possibilities.

We do not have giant cities, Copenhagen is the largest and I admit that, it canbe big enough! especially to Jutlanders as my self…

But in the public transportation – network in Denmark is very adequate. Nomatter where in the country, or in the cities for that matter, you are going,you will be able to find a bus or a train to exactly that place. If we used thegreat advantage we have got in this, it would also take care of a lot of otherproblems. The main problem by driving your own car is: Parking. No matter howmany new car-parks build, a parking spot never is to be found. Build in a devicewho could look up parking spots, and some people might see an advantage in it.

Basically I still see the public transportation as a much better solution though.

Concerning the accidents and traffic jams I see no problems in American scaleeither. There are accidents and traffic jams on the Danish roads too, but thequeues coming with it are usually not so long that a detour pays.

In Denmark we also tries to create other ways to guide the drivers. An exampleof this are changeable signs. On the express- and highways, for example the onesleading to Aalborg, there are signs connected to the Traffic Information Centre,they show how much waiting time there are if you choose to us the tunnel or thebridge, which roads that are cut off, in which car-parks there are vacant spotsfor parking…and so on – sort of a common TravTek. Another disadvantage thatcomes with the TravTek, that is not mentioned in the text, is that the sattelitereciever and the computer needs a lot of space in the car. I have seen one, andit occupies most of the trunk in an ordinary car.

Bottom line: I consider the smart-car a great development for nations such asUSA, they will have great advantages of them, but for smaller countries asDenmark I find that there are other things who offers a better solution.